Okay, I will write something up (hopefully over the weekend) and I'll include a few photos/screenshots - people like that sometimes!
Yes, Greg was interviewed recently on The Setup http://greg.kh.usesthis.comand there he talks about using GNOME on his workstation (he is also using i3 on another machine along with the GNOME session handling) - which reminds me, I must revive my Google+ page that I modeled after this site. I've just been too busy having fun doing other stuff. -Brett On Dec 7, 2012 10:11 AM, "Emily Gonyer" <emilyyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Karen Sandler <ka...@gnome.org> wrote: > > On Fri, December 7, 2012 10:05 am, Brett Legree wrote: > >> Great! Yes, Katherine Noyes is another friendly, positive person I had > in > >> mind. > >> > >> That's a good plan - to figure out what we want to showcase, and then > >> start > >> writing and submitting. > >> > >> One thing I've noticed a lot of detractors say is that "you can't do > 'real > >> work' with GNOME" - which is a load of hullabaloo, as we know. > >> > >> Surely the people who code it, design it, and so forth are using it. > Greg > >> KH uses it on at least one of his systems, and what he does is pretty > >> intense. > > > > Great - I'll contact Greg! > > > >> > >> I'm a nuclear engineer and when I'm using Linux, GNOME is my graphical > >> shell of choice (I don't use it to design reactors, but I use it to do > >> engineering consulting work and it does the job just fine - the nature > of > >> the UI helps me to stay focused on the task at hand, distraction free). > > > > Wow! You should write this up in more detail then this can be some of the > > content we use :) > > > > I agree - that sounds very cool! *I* certainly want to read about it :) > > Emily > > > karen > > > > > >> So obviously it isn't just for Facebook and frivolous things - which all > >> of > >> us know, but the idea is to get the message out there. > >> > >> -Brett > >> On Dec 7, 2012 9:56 AM, "Karen Sandler" <ka...@gnome.org> wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, December 7, 2012 4:28 am, Brett Legree wrote: > >>> > Good day all, > >>> > > >>> > One suggestion is to engage various journalists, tech bloggers, or > >>> other > >>> > online personalities who either write about GNOME (good or bad > >>> feedback) > >>> > or > >>> > use/have used it. > >>> > > >>> > For example, Bruce Byfield just wrote a fairly positive article on > how > >>> we > >>> > need to engage with the community, get our message out more clearly - > >>> hey, > >>> > good idea ;-) > >>> > > >>> > Others have not been so kind, but I'd say if we reach out to them > with > >>> > positive news before they pick up rumours from the grapevine, we can > >>> sort > >>> > of use them as positive messengers. > >>> > >>> Agreed! I have an email interview with Bruce that I'm working on now, > >>> and > >>> I also have been in touch with Katherine Noyes too. I've also contacted > >>> a > >>> few other reporters. Everyone - let me know what points to highlight! > >>> > >>> > Another idea for instance - some tech blogs that have been writing > >>> about > >>> > GNOME welcome guest articles (Muktware is one) - if we can start > >>> getting > >>> > articles out there, again food for us. I could take Muktware as I > know > >>> the > >>> > owner of the site. > >>> > >>> This is a great idea - the barrier in the past has been generating the > >>> necessary content to do this. Perhaps we should start by writing what > we > >>> wish were out there and then shopping it around? > >>> > >>> karen > >>> > >>> > > >>> > Brett > >>> > On Dec 6, 2012 1:12 AM, "Sriram Ramkrishna" <s...@ramkrishna.me> > wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> Howdy folks, > >>> >> > >>> >> It's that time to start thinking about when to schedule our > marketing > >>> >> meeting next week. Is the same time frame okay or do people want to > >>> try > >>> >> a > >>> >> different time frame in order to have more people. I know that > >>> several > >>> >> people keen on attending. > >>> >> > >>> >> I would request the people who volunteered for community outreach > >>> attend > >>> >> this as we will probably spend the entire hour talking about > >>> community > >>> >> management. > >>> >> > >>> >> Before we talk, we probably want to plan on a structured discussion > >>> as > >>> >> I > >>> >> think that without one we won't come out of the meeting without any > >>> >> concrete goals. We should strive to have some kind of actionable > >>> item > >>> >> at > >>> >> the end of the discussion. > >>> >> > >>> >> Can we open the floor on what we want to focus on, in the next > >>> meeting? > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> I want to do one test call Friday so that we can get everybody's > >>> >> software > >>> >> working prior to the real meeting. We spent way too much time > trying > >>> to > >>> >> get things working and I want to not waste time getting people's > >>> >> software > >>> >> working. > >>> >> > >>> >> Once we find a bullet proof method, we can put it on l.g.o and > >>> reference > >>> >> it. > >>> >> > >>> >> sri > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> -- > >>> >> marketing-list mailing list > >>> >> marketing-list@gnome.org > >>> >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> > -- > >>> > marketing-list mailing list > >>> > marketing-list@gnome.org > >>> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > -- > > marketing-list mailing list > > marketing-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > > > > -- > Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. 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